Liz Saville Roberts: “That could conceivably cause some of the supporters of this legislation to change their minds. Because just yesterday…”

“That could conceivably cause some of the supporters of this legislation to change their minds. Because just yesterday the coauthor of the major spending bill indicated if you just took a look at the legislative agenda of those who are dealing with express advocacy or soft money, you would see that the people who vote for that agenda are bought and paid for in regards to that specific agenda. Obviously, if a person has a different agenda from those who support this bill and it's a little different--whether it be big labor or labor or, say, many of the nonprofits as opposed to, say, the Chamber of Commerce or whatever--why, that is certainly different. I am wondering if they now understand that since the major broadcast networks are owned by corporations, that this should not apply to them. I mean, that's dreadful, to really figure out that the major broadcasters are corporate entities. Why, we can't give them free speech. My goodness, it has to be pure as wind-driven snow, as described by these other groups you see, because the legislative agenda would be different. That was amazing to me, absolutely amazing, that if you support the top five issues of Common Cause on one hand, why, that's fine and we want to certainly encourage that free flow of information.”